Friday 11 May 2007

DEFRA APPLIES FOR E.U. FUNDING

Defra confirmed this week that it had made a claim to the EU veterinary fund for the compensation paid to the company and the operating costs of tackling the outbreak.

Thursday 3 May 2007

PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION

Emigration of Portuguese: "not only did the Estado Novo (New State) control the migratory flows that were occurring, but that it used emigration to its own advantage" claims research from the University of Coimbra

MORE JOB CUTS AT BERNARD MATTHEWS

Up to 60 workers at Bernard Matthews are facing being laid off in the wake of the recent bird flu outbreak. Reports the BBC
and the local newspaper and the Norwich news